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Pick any two of the 12 tracked BPL branches to see what they share, what each over-indexes on, and how their adult-fiction tastes diverge.
Kings Highway + Bay Ridge41%normalized overlapNormalized overlap: first ranks each branch's fresh tracked titles by demand pressure and converts those ranks to within-branch percentiles. It then divides the sum of the lower percentiles by the sum of the higher percentiles across titles tracked at either branch. A missing title counts as zero observed signal. This compares relative demand without letting one branch's raw score range dominate.44 shared · 24 only Kings Highway · 28 only Bay Ridge
Color scaleVery different (0–20%)Some overlap (21–40%)Fairly similar (41–60%)Very similar (61%+)
Brooklyn Heights | Central Library | Bushwick | Greenpoint | Williamsburgh | Bedford | Crown Heights | Flatbush | Bay Ridge | Coney Island | Kings Highway | Sunset Park | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central / Downtown | ||||||||||||
| Brooklyn Heights | — | 10 | 6 | 45 | 39 | 35 | 39 | 46 | 41 | 40 | 45 | 41 |
| Central Library | 10 | — | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| North Brooklyn | ||||||||||||
| Bushwick | 6 | 2 | — | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Greenpoint | 45 | 9 | 5 | — | 39 | 33 | 41 | 43 | 45 | 35 | 42 | 43 |
| Williamsburgh | 39 | 9 | 4 | 39 | — | 27 | 40 | 39 | 37 | 35 | 42 | 37 |
| Central Brooklyn | ||||||||||||
| Bedford | 35 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 27 | — | 30 | 37 | 31 | 29 | 35 | 31 |
| Crown Heights | 39 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 40 | 30 | — | 38 | 46 | 42 | 44 | 38 |
| Flatbush | 46 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 39 | 37 | 38 | — | 43 | 38 | 41 | 36 |
| South Brooklyn | ||||||||||||
| Bay Ridge | 41 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 37 | 31 | 46 | 43 | — | 41 | 41 | 35 |
| Coney Island | 40 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 29 | 42 | 38 | 41 | — | 39 | 40 |
| Kings Highway | 45 | 10 | 8 | 42 | 42 | 35 | 44 | 41 | 41 | 39 | — | 41 |
| Sunset Park | 41 | 9 | 4 | 43 | 37 | 31 | 38 | 36 | 35 | 40 | 41 | — |
How this works
Each cell is a normalized overlap. We rank every fresh title by demand pressure within its own branch, convert those ranks to percentiles, then compare the lower and higher percentiles across titles tracked at either branch. This puts every branch on the same relative scale. A title missing from one branch counts as zero observed signal. Diagonals are self-matches (—). Branches are grouped by region (North / Central / South Brooklyn) for readability. The matrix is symmetric, so both directions show the same value. If a book isn’t in one branch’s tracked pool, that side counts as no observed signal — not proof of zero real-world demand.
Shared titles
Strangers : a memoir of marriageBelle BurdenKings Highway 70 +2 vs panel avg · Bay Ridge 70 +2 vs panel avg
The art of spending money : simple choices for a richer lifeMorgan HouselKings Highway 62 +12 vs panel avg · Bay Ridge 65 +15 vs panel avg
The loneliness of Sonia and SunnyKiran DesaiKings Highway 65 +6 vs panel avg · Bay Ridge 62 +3 vs panel avg
More popular at Kings Highway
| Title | Kings Highway | Bay Ridge | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added. | Available | Demand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added. | Available | |
51 +13 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 −38 vs panel avg | 1/1 | |
 This is not about us : fictionAllegra Goodman | 51 +17 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 −34 vs panel avg | 1/1 |
51 +21 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 −30 vs panel avg | 1/1 | |
 Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrowGabrielle Zevin | 45 +11 vs panel avg | 1/3 | 0 −34 vs panel avg | 2/2 |
 The widowJohn Grisham | 62 +26 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 21 −15 vs panel avg | 2/3 |
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More popular at Bay Ridge
| Title | Kings Highway | Bay Ridge | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added. | Available | Demand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added. | Available | |
 Parable of the sowerOctavia E Butler | 0 −46 vs panel avg | 3/3 | 69 +23 vs panel avg | 0/4 |
 PigletLottie Hazell | 0 −35 vs panel avg | 1/1 | 51 +16 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
 Broken countryClare Leslie Hall | 21 −28 vs panel avg | 2/3 | 62 +13 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
 Martyr!Kaveh Akbar | 41 −16 vs panel avg | 1/3 | 65 +8 vs panel avg | 0/4 |
 I regret almost everything : a memoirKeith McNally | 21 −26 vs panel avg | 2/3 | 41 −6 vs panel avg | 1/3 |
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Distinctive to Kings Highway
| Title | Kings Highway | Bay Ridge | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added. | Available | Demand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added. | Available | |
 Never lieFreida McFadden | 65 +11 vs panel avg | 0/4 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 Kitchen confidential : adventures in the culinary underbellyAnthony Bourdain | 62 +8 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 None of this is trueLisa Jewell | 62 +9 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 The seven husbands of Evelyn HugoTaylor Jenkins Reid | 62 +4 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 What to cook when you don't feel like cookingCaroline Chambers | 57 +4 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
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Distinctive to Bay Ridge
| Title | Kings Highway | Bay Ridge | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added. | Available | Demand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added. | Available | |
 HeartwoodAmity Gaige | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 65 +32 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
 Our perfect stormCarley Fortune | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 62 +8 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
 The tenantFreida McFadden | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 59 +14 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
 Half his ageJennette McCurdy | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 57 +17 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
 Rejection : fictionTony Tulathimutte | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 57 +3 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
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